The U.S. Is Getting Serious About Oil Train Explosions. Here’s How It Plans To Stop Them.

Climate Progress: Oil is a global commodity, traversing vast distances by pipeline, tanker, and recently in the United States by rail car. A resurgence in domestic crude oil production due to technological advances in drilling has led to a transportation bottleneck between landlocked oil fields and coastal refineries and ports, and that bottleneck has opened up the door for more oil shipment via rail.

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